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Solved - NEH 1757: Ford Model 48 Special from Scotland - 1937
« on: April 18, 2012, 09:14:57 AM »
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 05:33:37 PM »

1936 USA Ford V8 cut down and converted. Some sold new like that also.
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2012, 06:40:45 PM »
Quote from: Manuel on April 18, 2012, 05:33:37 PM

1936 USA Ford V8 cut down and converted. Some sold new like that also.

Good start, but would you like to enlarge a little on which model and where it was made and where it was modified?
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2012, 11:22:08 PM »

It is/was a 36 Ford V8. These sorts of open sports vehicles were popular in the UK, for mud plugging and trials etc.
Jensen was one of the biggest that converted USA Ford V8s in the UK. But there were lots of little converters as well.
Edsel Ford and even some movie stars were interested in Jensen Fords before WW2.
Not sure where Jensen were located.

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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2012, 05:08:05 AM »
Quote from: Manuel on April 18, 2012, 11:22:08 PM

It is/was a 36 Ford V8. These sorts of open sports vehicles were popular in the UK, for mud plugging and trials etc.
Jensen was one of the biggest that converted USA Ford V8s in the UK. But there were lots of little converters as well.
Edsel Ford and even some movie stars were interested in Jensen Fords before WW2.
Not sure where Jensen were located.

Manuel in Oz

You are right that it's a Ford from 1936-on but what model was this conversion based on?
I don't think Jensen were involved, more a home-built effort, but it was UK-converted.
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2012, 05:29:12 PM »

Do u mean what model is the 36 USA Ford? It is the model 68 for passenger cars.
Or do u want to know whether it was a sedan, roadster or coupe originally? That I cannot tell.

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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2012, 04:13:21 AM »
Quote from: Manuel on April 19, 2012, 05:29:12 PM

Do u mean what model is the 36 USA Ford? It is the model 68 for passenger cars.
Or do u want to know whether it was a sedan, roadster or coupe originally? That I cannot tell.

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No, I mean what its model name (as in Ford Mustang, Mercury Comet, BMW 320 etc).
Ford made more than one model in 1936 I think, so which one is this based on (not 68)?
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2012, 06:18:41 PM »

Sorry, I can't tell.
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 04:37:14 AM »
Can an Expert fill in the details?
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2012, 01:10:57 PM »
I have it as a 1937 Ford Model 48 'Special' built in Scotland.
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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2012, 05:44:03 PM »

I just looked up my book.
The model 48 was for the 1935 USA Ford pass.
68 was for 1936
and
74 & 78 were for the 1937 pass.

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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2012, 09:45:29 PM »
For English Ford, Model 48 was produced from 35 to 41.  The grill of the 36/37 version looks like a US-built 36 which is, as you say a Model 68.  You can see some examples on that "well-known web site" that begins with a "w",  ;) although on the British version of that site, the example photo they use for the phaeton is wrong...it's a US-built Model 68 with LHD.

They couldn't have tried to make things easy for us, yanno?

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Re: NEH 1757
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 04:06:47 AM »
Quote from: RayTheRat on April 25, 2012, 01:10:57 PM
I have it as a 1937 Ford Model 48 'Special' built in Scotland.

This is correct, yes.
According to the information I have the Model 48 was US-produced for 1935/6, but this car was also made in the UK as Ray later points out, although I understood only from November 1936 through to December 1937.  Almost no passenger cars were produced in the UK 1940/41 apart from a handful for military purposes.

This particular model is obviously a 48 from the run November 1936 onwards and was registered in Glasgow May/June 1937:

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